Fairwyn was created as the flagship for Hugh McCullough during his turn as the Commodore of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. Designed by Sparkman & Stephens and build by

Charles Mower designed Chesuki to race and beat the Alpha Beachcomber dory fleet in Massachusetts in 1906. So successful was this design that some clubs banned her, calling her the

I found Silva in really rough shape then spent 11 years rebuilding her while living aboard in South Park Marina. I used some beautiful Yellow Cedar for her planking and

Buʔqʷ, pronounced approximately like ‘poke’ but with a ‘b,’ which is Lushootseed for duck (as in the bird), is a 16 foot replica ship’s small boat from the 19th Century.

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Back in 2020, as covid was raging, I decided I needed a project to keep me busy. I was looking at boats on YouTube and came across a man with

This boat was built in Tacoma by men trained in Port Townsend. It’s name is after Tacoma – The City of Destiny. She has newer sails and electronics. 20hp yanmar

Blue Starr was built by two shipwright brothers of Nanoose Bay Boatworks – at the time in Nanaimo – in 1970. They primarily worked on fish boats, so many work

After a small stroke in 2011 I took on building a wooden kayak to help with the paralysis and weakness of my right side. This was a really uplifting fun

Dolly was builton Lake Union in 1990 by John Guzzwell, renowned for circumnavigating in the home-built sloop, Trekka, and the subsequent book, Trekka Round the World. Designed as a stretched